“Stop comparing superstars and and divas to former ones. For example, AJ is not the next Lita and Kaitlyn is not the next Trish. Wrestlers work their asses off to be compared. They do it to make a name for themselves and to be known as THEMSELVES.”
I’m a bit guilty of this, but I never say that someone is “the new blah blah blah”. I usually think of people as ‘spiritual successors’ to their predecessors.
Kaitlyn does remind me a lot of Trish. It’s something about her personality and the fact that she just oozes charisma. But she also has a style and flair all her own. Same with AJ: she only reminds me of Lita because she was billed as an nontraditional Diva because she was a ‘nerd’. AJ’s proven, though, that she’s got the acting chops to carry multiple story lines… even if a lot of them have been problematic and annoying. I really want to see her back in the ring full time.
Wade Barrett will always remind me of William Regal… but that’s a compliment. Cena reminds me of Hulk (for various reasons). Everybody is themselves, but pro-wrestling is totally a sport where one is inspired by those they watched growing up. The Miz doing homages to Ric Flair in the ring. Tamina and Natalya using finishers codified by their fathers… There’s a linage, a kind of culture in wrestling and being inspired by the past is a big part of that.
So, yeah, let everyone shine on their own, but it’s not necessarily a bad thing to think of them in the context of the past.
Prezactly. It’s okay to call someone “the next” whatever or consider someone a spiritual successor to a specific wrestler (I’m reminded of how I used to think JoMo and Melina were the new HBK and Sherri, MVP and Mr. Kennedy were the new Rock and Stone Cold, respectively…boy how wrong I was >_<V), the only problem is when WWE is kind of aware of this stuff and goes out of their way to MAKE someone “the next great wrestler”, like their obnoxious tendency to split up tag teams in the hopes of making “the next Shawn Michaels” or pushing random bikini models/Diva Search contestants like they’re gonna be the next Trish. That shit’s annoying and never works. Stop it, Creative.
I don’t understand why they give the Divas such shitty exits and the males all the glory and tears.
Trish is the ONLY one who had a fairytale ending.
Beth, Michelle, Eve, the Bellas, even Lita, who is a legend. They all quit/lose there matches and/or titles/got fired/had a Loser Leaves WWE match on TV.
WTF is up with that? It just screams bias from the company.
I want the next Diva to have a fucking parade when she announces her retirement.
THIS. THIS! THIIIIIIS! A THOUSAND TIMES THIS.
There have been people in the past who didn’t get big sendoffs, but it was either because of controversy with the company or because they weren’t big players. Beth, Eve, Michelle, Lita, and even the Bellas were big players in several storylines. And as entrenched as Eve has been since her heel turn, you’d think she’d get more than a match and a blurb on the goddamn website. Or how Beth won her last match but then was unceremoniously fired for no given reason.
EVEN FUCKING KELLY KELLY, THE SO-CALLED MOST POPULAR DIVA OF THIS GENERATION JUST DISAPPEARED.
It’s so fucking transparent and it pisses me the hell off.
If the Divas division gets any smaller, will it even still be able to be called a division?
Sorry, I love staring at Antonio Cesaro, Wade Barrett, CM Punk, etc. but I’m primarily here for the women’s wrestling. I know this is sacrilege in some circles, but IDGAF. I got into wrestling because of women’s wrestling and I stay invested in it because of women’s wrestling.
If the division gets smaller…if they keep letting people go, not bringing people in and thinking no one notices or cares…if they don’t give the women’s story lines the same build up and respect their male peers do…well, shit, I’m through. I’m going to be finished. There is no guy active in the company right now that I love as much as my favorite Diva (although Kofi comes close). Like, the guys are great obviously but I don’t really CARE about them the way I care about the Divas. And I’m not here for three hours of the dudebro circus.
The only thing I remember about Joy Giovanni is loving her theme song.
Other than that? Drawing a blank.
She won Smackdown Rookie Diva of the Year 2004, she was Big Show’s girlfriend/massage therapist??? and she was on some G4 awards show about “Video Game Vixens” (hosted by Hal Sparks).
“Let’s Light It Up” - A.J.
I have actually grown to love this song.
I still prefer her Radio Disney/J-pop theme she had before but I’d be lyin’ if I said this song DIDN’T get stuck in my head all the time
DAS WHAT I’M TAW’M’BOUT DAWG! /booker-t-on-commentary-voice
IT’S ON LIKE A POT O’ NECK-BONE, ALL SHE GOTTA DO IS PUT SOME SYRUP ON A BISCUIT AND SOP UP EVE AND WHATNOT
This is maybe the best match Eve has had in a while; as much as the plodding, deliberate heel ring-work is supposed to enhance her character, it just comes off as kind of awkward. Naomi gave her a much-needed kick in the butt.
Since Kelly Kelly left WWE, the Divas Division got bad. Eve Torres is the only Diva currently that is taking WWE’s Divas Division on her back alone. If she leaves WWE then WWE should get rid of the Divas Division because it would be nothing. The Divas are my biggest inspiration & i hate the way WWE is treating the women.
but no tho.
Yeah, KELLY-KELLY leaving the WWE is what made the Divas’ Division bad. Sure.
My bb got to wrestle and she showed her ASS in dat ring. Gurl, u betta put in WHERQ.
She deserves a push and tonight she proved she belongs in the ring. Now it’s up to the WWE to use her wisely
(which I won’t hold my breath for).Wait, so Naomi did good? The bolded sentence confused me, I thought showing your ass and having to put in work meant you stunk and had to do better.[/how do you AAVE]
Depends on the context. In this context, “showed her ass” can be seen as “showing off” (gurl got ups) and “put in WHERQ” means that even though they treat her like a glorified backup dancer most of the time, she shows no sign of ring rust and in fact needs to be put into completion immediately because she’s bleeding amazing.
OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD I GOTTA FIND THIS MATCH ON YOUTUBE OR SOMETHING *jizzes*
My bb got to wrestle and she showed her ASS in dat ring. Gurl, u betta put in WHERQ.
She deserves a push and tonight she proved she belongs in the ring. Now it’s up to the WWE to use her wisely
(which I won’t hold my breath for).
Wait, so Naomi did good? The bolded sentence confused me, I thought showing your ass and having to put in work meant you stunk and had to do better.[/how do you AAVE]
REQUEST: New gear worn at WWE TLC
OH MY GLOMB, DID NAOMI GET TO WRESTLE?!?!?
FFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK I CAN’T BELIEVE I MISSED THIS
What I’d like to know is…
…why is her gimmick now “Great Khali admirer”?
Now that Beth’s gone they can’t think up anything decent besides “third banana for a guy whose knees could blow out at any second”?? (and yes, she’s a THIRD banana for Khali ‘cuz Hornswoggle is second)
Acknowledgement of body acceptance in the WWE. An excellent promo that sadly fell on deaf ears. :’(
I found it kinda bullshit to hold up Mickie James and FREAKIN’ MARIA as examples of ~real women~
Then again, I found the whole Piggie James angle to be bullshit anyway.
They handled it all wrong.
They should have treated Lay-Cool’s bullying of Mickie as the ridiculous farce it really was, instead of having Mickie agree with them that she’s fat and having the announcers laugh at her for being fat.
She should have said something like “WTF is wrong with you?? I’m not remotely fat! You have serious issues” because treating Mickie James like she’s some big disgusting fatty-Matty-boom-ba-latty is seriously laughable. Not to mention how uncomfortable it was to have Michelle McCool, a former anorexic, make fun of her. :SSS
Also, I’m not the only one who found it racist that they hassled Mickie for her weight when she’s part-Native American and they have weight problems all the damn time ‘cuz of the white man’s HFCS-laden diet, right?
Just reblogged this to add that BreakYourSoulApart’s response of “Oh well, ‘real women’ don’t sell, whaddaya gonna do?” really put me off and all I can say is:
Just because it “doesn’t sell” doesn’t mean I won’t stop complaining until it DOES and I won’t stop complaining about WWE’s perpetual fuckery until they finally do something decent with their product. Linda ain’t running for senate anymore, they can afford to step their game up.
Acknowledgement of body acceptance in the WWE. An excellent promo that sadly fell on deaf ears. :’(
I found it kinda bullshit to hold up Mickie James and FREAKIN’ MARIA as examples of ~real women~
Then again, I found the whole Piggie James angle to be bullshit anyway.
They handled it all wrong.
They should have treated Lay-Cool’s bullying of Mickie as the ridiculous farce it really was, instead of having Mickie agree with them that she’s fat and having the announcers laugh at her for being fat.
She should have said something like “WTF is wrong with you?? I’m not remotely fat! You have serious issues” because treating Mickie James like she’s some big disgusting fatty-Matty-boom-ba-latty is seriously laughable.
Also, I’m not the only one who found it kinda racist that they hassled Mickie for her weight when she’s part-Native American and they have weight problems all the damn time ‘cuz of the white man’s HFCS-laden diet, right?
“The people calling Kelly Kelly a bad wrestler are wrong. And if you’re happy she’s gone, that’s just Sick. Sure, she may not have had as many athletic moves compared to some other divas but that doesn’t make we a bad wrestler. You think WWE would’ve accepted her if she was bad? You shouldn’t hate her, you should at least respect her. She was a wonderful woman and she put her life into this.”
- She was an awful wrestler. That’s not an opinion. There’s mountains of empirical evidence to support this claim.
- I am elated that she is gone. I don’t miss her one single bit.
- I never hated HER as a person, I hated her character and her stale gimmick. I hated having to be forced to watch her be pushed and promoted over the other women who were every bit as deserving (if not more so) of the spotlight as she was.
- I wish her light and love and happiness in her future. She looks great as a brunette and I hope the modeling thing gives her whatever it was wrestling couldn’t because it is beyond obvious she was just there for the paycheck.
- She’s been gone for months now. Y’all can let it go now. Haters, stans, whatever. She’s gone and there’s no sense in dragging out this nonsensical argument anymore.
She might not have been as bad as Rose Mendes, who botched STANDING IN THE CORNER, but she was still god-awful.
(5/9) matches
Eve Torres vs Kaitlyn|| Divas Championship
#Kaitlyn attempting to serve Trish Stratus realness with these new attires
#I like them but the top and trunk suit her better in my opinion
I like the top and gloves here but not the pants. Unless she’s in a hardcore match or something.
